The President of Mexico is making deals with the U.S. provided they won't interfere with his wife's plans to succeed him as President. Suffice it to say, they may make Aurelio (who is tortured daily in prison by corrupt Mexican guards in some brutal scenes) an offer he won't refuse.
It looks like the show will focus a lot more on political corruption on an international scale this season.
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Senor de los Cielos, Season 3, begins tonight on Telemundo. Aurelio Casillas(loosely based on deceased Mexican drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes) is in jail, having been taken down in the last episode of season 2. His daughter will make her entry into the drug business. She's pregnant with the child of his arch enemy, Chemo. Here's the first episode description:
The Lord of heaven is imprisoned in a bunker of the Mexican Navy. He has spent months locked between four walls without knowing if it is day or night, withstanding the hard punishment of torturers who seek out the names and whereabouts of accomplices. But Aurelio has not opened his mouth, because the real pain is not in the body with each blow, but on the inside, in his conscience, having lost his freedom, his empire, the life of Heriberto, his eldest son, the love of his daughters, Monica Robles and all the women who loved him.
While many of the good characters have been killed off, and his brother Chacorta (Vicente in real life, who arrested last year and may face extradition to the U.S.) isn't returning, there are still plenty of good characters left, including Monica Robles (who just had Aurelio's baby), the Colombian agent Leo (a stunning woman who started her fictional career as an newbie undercover agent trying to take down Pablo Escobar), and cartel rival Chemo. There will also be new villains.
I highly recommend watching. If you don't speak Spanish and just have Comcast, you may be out of luck for close-captioning because they will only be in Spanish. (I use an antenna and watch over the air because Telemundo provides captions in both languages. I don't know about Dish or Direct TV or the other companies.)
It airs at 9pm and again at midnight, MT, and there's a new episode every weeknight. You can also watch the first 20 minutes here.
SDLOS is not quite as compelling as El Capo, as fascinating to watch as La Reina del Sur, or as historical as Pablo Escobar: Patron de Mal, but it's better than all the rest and very well done, with a lot of plot twists and non-stop action. There are a few good cops, but most are corrupt government officials (there's even a corrupt DEA agent). I'm so glad its back.
Comments on all TV shows are welcome.
